Henk Ummels

Once again Henk Ummels has succeeded to make a rich and full arrangement using only 5 voices. This time an arrangement of highlights from the biggest musical hits from the most well known musical comp...

In this arrangement you find three famous hits from this impressive musical by Elton John. It sounds very complete, though it has been arranged for our 'flexible wind' series. Also in our Molenaar Edi...

By popular demand, there is now in The Best Of series for 5 part flexible setting, a selection of some of the best songs of Michael Jackson. Henk Ummels has selected and made a balanced and very playa...

Once again Henk Ummels has succeeded to make a rich and full arrangement using only 5 voices. This time an arrangement of highlights from the biggest musical hits from the most well known musical comp...

This single from Ritchie Valens from 1958 is originally a Spanish song from Mexican folklore. Years later it was picked by Rolling Stone magazine as the only non-English song in their 500 Greatest Son...

Lebanese-born French trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf is part of the modern jazz and blues movement. This now famous trumpeter recorded "True Sorry" for his 2013 album Illusions. This album but especially th...

Lebanese-born French trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf is part of the modern jazz and blues movement. This now famous trumpeter recorded "True Sorry" for his 2013 album Illusions. This album but especially th...

Revival songs are sung more frequently these days in Christian churches in the Netherlands. The cheerful nature of these songs come into their own with use of a good catchy melody, everyday language,...

Henk Ummels wrote this easy and yet skilful arrangement for bands of the middle class divisions of this extremely popular classical composition by Maurice Ravel. This arrangement is very well suited t...

Misirlou became very popular in Western culture because of Dick Dale's American surf rock version in 1962. After that, several versions were recorded and in 1994 Quentin Tarantino reused Dick Dale's v...

La Mer' (Beyond the sea) is a song written by French composer, lyricist, singer and showman Charles Trenet (1913 - 2001). Trenet wrote the lyrics of 'La Mer' on the train in 1943 while travelling alon...

'Mr. Bojangles' is a popular song written and initially recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker in 1968 and covered since by many other artists. The song was inspired by an encounter with a street performer in...

This arrangement of the bigband classic is based on the song as it was originally used in the film 'Swing Time' (1936) starring Fred Astaire. 'The Way You Look Tonight' won the Academy Award that year...

Fly Me to the Moon' was originally titled 'In Other Words', and was introduced by Felicia Sanders in cabarets. The song became known popularly as 'Fly Me to the Moon'.

The Lion Sleeps Tonight is based on the African melody 'Mbube', written in 1939. This melody can be heard in many various different forms all over Europe, for example in the popular musical 'The Lion...

Due to the success of Henk Ummels' arrangement 'The Best of the Blues Brothers' he wrote a sequel which should be equally successful. This part includes the hits 'Think', 'Minnie the Moocher' and 'I'm...

This popular song written by Chris Martin and his group Coldplay, was recently given a very new lease of life with an orchestral arrangement. The music brings new meaning and sentiments to the already...

A massive hit from the 60's from Jimmy Webb (McArthur Park etc.). The original and most famous version was from The 5th Dimension. This is positive and happy music, with a smile, from the 'Sunshine' p...

This simple arrangement of this classic piece can optional be played with choir, or instrumental soloist

The beat just rolls on! Movin' Up! is very much a sequel to Dean Jones' previous work Hangin' On! There are the usual sounds you'd expect from a swing band piece: vibrant sounding from the trumpets an...

Jimmy Webb konnte mit diesem Song in den sechziger Jahren einen Mega-Hit landen. Die bekannteste Interpretation stammt von der Soul-Gruppe The 5th Dimension. Es ist Musik aus dem Genre des sogenannten...

This is the music of a popular American science fiction television serial dating from the late 70's. The music composed by Glenn A. Larson and Stewart Philips sounds a little bit familiar, as it seems...

This is what Chris Hazell, the composer, had to say about 'Three Brass Cats': 'Some years ago I had four cats in the house - all were strays and decided that I was a soft touch when it came to free bo...

This song has been performed by many artists, but the most successful version was recorded by Nat King Cole. The record first reached the Billboard Charts in 1948. David Bowie's version was a major th...